My wife used to have a dentist called Mr Payne.
And how could I forget Faith No More keyboardist, Roddy Bottum.
Rendered all the more fabulous by the fact that he's gay.
knew a Nick Crook years ago, and yes, he was a police officer 🙂
Alec Dick.
I wonder if he's the Alex Dick that was a few years above me at school; made even more amusing by A Legg and A Foot being around the same age. Surely no more parents could be that cruel/thoughtless/deviant.
And how could I forget Faith No More keyboardist, Roddy Bottum.Rendered all the more fabulous by the fact that he's gay.
I've never made that connection, despite knowing both his name and his sexual preference.
😳
I do know that he aided the writing of Be Aggressive, which (apparently) is about same-sex oral pleasuring.
Great band!
😀
Neighbour across the road from me as a lad was Aubrey Gaylord Harrison.
Travelling in West Africa a decade ago, we often used to find children that were named after things that seemed "western", this ranged from CocaCola to Diarolyte, along with children named after days of the week, Nigeria had a lot of people with some great names, often religious, such as Happiness, Triumphant, Wisdom and Godisgood
Knew a Ruth Wrack and a Jenny Taylor.
I do know that he aided the writing of Be Aggressive, which (apparently) is about same-sex oral pleasuring.Great band!
Too right!
He's the man responsible for the spectacle of thousands of hairy-arsed metal fans bouncing up and down chanting "I swallow! I swallow! I SWAAAAAAALLOOOOOOW!".
The parents of a mate of mine from school were called Norma Lee and Stan(ley) Lee
He's the man responsible for the spectacle of thousands of hairy-arsed metal fans bouncing up and down chanting "I swallow! I swallow! I SWAAAAAAALLOOOOOOW!".
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Ajish Ajish Baby
(and no word of a lie; Ajish was pronounced in the way that Sean Connery would pronounce the word 'ice')
I used to work with a Richard Stribling. He hated being called Dick...
I guy I met on a group snowboard holiday had changed his name to Ramjam Delilah Funkyboogaloosmythe. He had an Amex card because they allow 20 character surnames...
His best friend apparently changed his name to Koolandthegang Dangerous Funkaboogaloosmythe.
arrpee - MemberHe's the man responsible for the spectacle of thousands of hairy-arsed metal fans bouncing up and down chanting "I swallow! I swallow! I SWAAAAAAALLOOOOOOW!".
He'll retire with a turd on his lips
woman I worked with, her husband changed his name by deed poll to Virgil Tracy. She refused to change her name when they got married.
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And how could I forget Faith No More keyboardist, Roddy Bottum.
Short for "Roswell" if memory serves.
changed his name by deed poll to Virgil Tracy.
A few years back, a bloke in Leeds (IIRC) changed his name by deed poll to "Yorkshire Bank Plc Are Fascist Bastards." Mr Bastards then agreed to change it back if they wrote him a cheque addressed to his name in full.
One of my wife's friends, first name Kerry, married a Mr Oakey, making her Kerry Oakey.
They opted to have a band for their wedding as opposed to doing the ents themselves.
I also used to work with a bloke called Willem Anker. Company email syntax was [initial][surname]@[company].com, but in his case they opted to use his first name in full.
I worked with a guy in France whose last name was Cagnet, pronounced like Kanyé. If the brits wanted to talk about him behind his back we just referred to him as Mr West.
In Colombia and other South American countries there are people called Usnavy after parents saw it stencilled onto things that washed up on the beach (U S Navy). Possibly an urban legend.
A few years back, a bloke in Leeds (IIRC) changed his name by deed poll to "Yorkshire Bank Plc Are Fascist Bastards." Mr Bastards then agreed to change it back if they wrote him a cheque addressed to his name in full.
Seem to recall reading this in the news. 🙂
arrpee - Member
He's the man responsible for the spectacle of thousands of hairy-arsed metal fans bouncing up and down chanting "I swallow! I swallow! I SWAAAAAAALLOOOOOOW!".
I recall Roddy Bottum stating in interviews that he wrote Be Aggressive partly to troll Mike Patton, the band's singer.
I've met a Dr Love (who was at the computer science department of Sheffield Hallam at the time I think) and Mike Hunt, who was a schoolfriend of a mate.
I have not met but I am aware that Greg and Laura Killmaster work at ILM.
To this day my mother-in-law swears she was at school with a Dwayne Pipe.
Phani Tikala. He has a big bushy moustache.
Seem to recall reading this in the news.
Most places cite The Guardian as the source (including the Guardian itself) but I can't find the original article. The story is from 1995, so potentially predates their website?
https://www.theguardian.com/money/1999/nov/05/workandcareers1
?[i]After being charged £20 for a £10 overdraft, 30 year old Michael Howard of Leeds changed his name by deed poll to 'Yorkshire Bank Plc are Fascist Bastards'. The bank has now asked him to close his account, and Mr Bastards has asked them to repay the 69p balance by cheque, made out in his new name.[/i]
Apparently he worked in Marketing, and it's suggested that it's not the first time he's done it.
To this day my mother-in-law swears she was at school with a Dwayne Pipe.
My gran claimed to have gone to school with a Theresa Green. She's wasn't the sort of person who'd make up a tale like that.
Ivor Woodcock
I saw his chequebook so I know his name really was Mushroom Pratley.
To this day my mother-in-law swears she was at school with a Dwayne Pipe.
There is a plumbing business near us called Dwayne Pipe...
Ivor Woodcock
I know a lad called Woodcock. Referred to somewhat unkindly by his ex as "Knob of Butter."
Had to resurrect this thread having listened to last weeks "In Our Time" on Radio 4.
I give you the Christ College, Cambridge's Director of Studies in Philosophy, Dr Frisbee Sheffield!
https://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/college-life/dr-frisbee-sheffield
There's an Ed Turner at Durham police.
Albert Hall. Laughed in his face when introduced to him thinking it was a joke, paid a heavy price as he became my manager eventually...
I used to client company called "BJ Services"...
...their "Pressure Pumping Division" to be exact.
I was very, very disappointed when I met with their (perfectly nice) business relationship manager.
I know a Zimbabwean called Innocent Dick.
My gran claimed to have gone to school with a Theresa Green. She's wasn't the sort of person who'd make up a tale like that.
Er.... my cycling buddy Dr Green is married to Teresa. At school she swore she could never marry anybody called Green and look what happened!
On the credits to Alien vs Predator there's a Thomas W*nker.
I can't remember what he did on the film, maybe it's in the extras..
On the credits to Alien vs Predator there's a Thomas W*nker.I can't remember what he did on the film, maybe it's in the extras..
Best Boy Grip?
Oh and there's a Mrs Fanny Box buried in a graveyard near here. I did take a photo of the gravestone.
Boom Operator?
The presenter of the food programme on Radio 4 - Dan Saladino.
Once knew an Alec Dick, he was a great guy.
edit, I see I'm not alone on this one.
Albert Hall. Laughed in his face when introduced to him thinking it was a joke, paid a heavy price as he became my manager eventually...
He wasn't a sparks was he?
My Dad had a guy working for him (this is quite a few years back) with the same name.
We had a teacher called Peter Green but because his head lent permanently to the right he was known as "Piza". My first wife worked with a woman called Nesta Clutterbuck and I once worked in Perth, Scotland opposite a hairdresser's called Hugh Farqhar.
Lass at work posted a Facebook photo of her on holiday with her boyfriend, "on the beach with Sandy Farquar." I thought, I'm not surprised in that bikini.
growinglad, no, he was in the gas industry.
I taught a lad near the beginning of my career called Fletcher Bumstead. Always thought with a surname like Bumstead you'd choose something more anodyne as a first name for your son. TBH at that age he was a bit of a pillock but I've just googled the name and his facebook profile came up as the first link.
He looks about the most STW lad there has ever been...only cooler.
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Chuffed to see what the annoying little sod turned into!
I work with a really nice guy called Kingkong
He's actually awesome.
Our company has a US employee called John W*nker.
He was often on conference calls involving our team. For about 3 weeks running, during the small talk before we got down to business one of his US colleages that knew him well would enquire after his two kids. With the immortal phrase: "Hey john, how are the little W*nkers?" He stopped after a couple of people in the London office didn't manage to hit the mute button quickly enough to hide the laughter.
Si
My last company had a head office member of staff named Bucky Banjo.
Met somebody through work recently called Ahed Nijar if you say it quickly...
